Literary Inspired TV Shows (
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Predominantly found in web series, TV shows with this trope are based on a pre-existing work. Like every single bloody Sherlock Holmes series ever made by network TV.

Tokyo Ghoul:re

Two years have passed since the CCG’s raid on Anteiku. Although the atmosphere in Tokyo has changed drastically due to the increased influence of the CCG, ghouls continue to pose a problem.

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Airdates: 2018

Tom Swift

A billionaire inventor is thrust into a world of sci-fi conspiracy and unexplained phenomena after the shocking disappearance of his father.

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Airdates: 2022

Tracker

Colter Shaw travels the country in his old-school RV, helping police and private citizens solve crimes and locate missing persons–until his latest case changes everything.

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Airdates: 2024 - current

Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story

When I Was Fifteen I Told My Mormon Parents I Was Gay, and That’s When My Nightmare Began.

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Airdates: 2019

Trinkets

A grieving teen finds an unexpected connection with two classmates at her new high school after they all land in the same Shoplifters Anonymous group.

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Airdates: 2019 - 2020

True Blood

Telepathic waitresses, vampires, and synthetic blood.

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Airdates: 2008 - 2014

Twelfth Grade (or Whatever)

What you will with school and love and the twelfth grade.

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Airdates: 2016 - 2017

Under the Bridge

A fictional retelling of Rebecca Godfrey’s book about fourteen years old Reena Virk’s murder in 1997.

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Airdates: 2024

Under the Dome

The dating pool under the dome has to be worse than any other small town in history.

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Airdates: 2013 - 2015

Unorthodox

A young Jewish woman flees an arranged marriage in Brooklyn for the chance to have more independence in Berlin, Germany.

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Airdates: 2020

V-Wars

Dr. Luther Swann enters a world of horror when a virus is released from ice melting due to climate change.

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Airdates: 2019

Vagrant Queen

The last of a royal bloodline may not be the last after all. But will she survive to find out?

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Airdates: 2020